Honduran Coup

Honduran Coup

A man named Sam Zemurray started a highly profitable banana company by buying cheap leftover bananas from Honduras. After tax-free deals were threatened by collectors in the US, he planned and executed a successful coup of the Honduran government and saved his company.

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